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On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 23:26:27 +0100, klausa
<removed_email_address@domain.invalid>
wrote:
>Hi,>>I just started learning ruby. Installed on WinXP. Opened a command>window. Whenever I type a brace it appears on the creen. After typing>irb no more braces.. Why? What can I do?? TIA for any help.
The same goes for square brackets and the baclslash. I am using a
german keyboard. But the german umlauts (characters with two dots on
top) appear in irb when I type them on the keyboard. Any ideas?

On 12/22/05, klausa <removed_email_address@domain.invalid> wrote:
> The same goes for square brackets and the baclslash. I am using a> german keyboard. But the german umlauts (characters with two dots on> top) appear in irb when I type them on the keyboard. Any ideas?
This has come up several times in the past. I don't remember what the
resolution status is, but try searching for "keyboard irb" on google
groups for comp.lang.ruby. Here's a link:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/sear...
Jacob F.

klausa schrieb:
> On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 23:26:27 +0100, klausa <removed_email_address@domain.invalid>>>I just started learning ruby. Installed on WinXP. Opened a command>>window. Whenever I type a brace it appears on the creen. After typing>>irb no more braces.. Why? What can I do?? TIA for any help.>> The same goes for square brackets and the baclslash. I am using a> german keyboard. But the german umlauts (characters with two dots on> top) appear in irb when I type them on the keyboard. Any ideas?
Well, you have to configure some some things for it. Sadly. Here are the
steps that worked for me.
1. Create a file ".inputrc"
First you have to create an .inputrc in your home dir to configure the
mappings for the braces, and so on. Your homedir is here:
C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\<Username on Windpows>
And the content should be:
"\M-[": "["
"\M-]": "]"
"\M-{": "{"
"\M-}": "}"
"\M-\\": "\\"
"\M-|": "|"
"\M-@": "@"
"\M-~": "~"
2. Activate readline in irb
In the same directory create a .ircrb file with the following content.
require 'irb/completion'
ARGV.concat [ "--readline", "--prompt-mode", "simple" ]
3. Setting set HOME environment variable.
The last step is to set a "Umgebungsvariable" :) /Environment variable
HOME the before mentioned diretory/path.
Afterwards it works fine for me.
Best regards,
Oliver